Labor Day crowds and city notes from Boston’s streets
In Boston area columns, Labor Day events mingle with routine city life. Observations include eclipse disappointment, Walter Trask and Herbert Bean canoeing the Charles, Miss Harriet Joyce at Nantucket, and various admissions of coming races at Readville. Also noted are Captain John Ryan’s 60th birthday and Petersburg siege anniversary, subway travel quirks, a teeth-on-a-rail comedy at South Station, and a Chelsea fire department memorial after a fatal blaze.
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Harriet Joyce
Boston
Nantucket
John Ryan
Newton Police Department
Petersburg
Federal Works
Terrestrial Disturbances Stir Portsmouth And Coast
Three shocks hit Portsmouth yesterday amid a string of sensational summer incidents. The piece links the tremors to recent regional quakes and rising Atlantic wave forces, noting unusually high New England tides and volcanic activity at Vesuvius and Stromboli. Is the earth breaking apart physically and politically?
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Portsmouth
Old Earth
M. Witte
New England
Stromboli
Australian public utilities blamed on politics by London
Mr W J London of Australia, now in the United States on official business, argues that government ownership of utilities leads to political control and poor service. He cites railways and tramways as mismanaged, with high tariffs and life-tenure employees, warning the issue may reflect local Australian conditions.
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W. J. London
Australia
United States
Mr. London
Douglas
Executive Council
Democratic Party
The
Post
Massachusetts
Public utilities and government operation tested
The piece notes successes and failures of public operation of utilities in Britain Europe and hints at questions about the United States. It argues that some peoples and governments suit public utilities while others do not and that only experiments can answer whether public operation would work in the United States.
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Great Britain
United Kingdom
Europe
United States
Japan Triumphs in Portsmouth Peace Terms
The article argues Japan gains all aims of the war plus more under Portsmouth, securing supremacy in Corea, Manchuria evacuation by Russia, transfer of civil administration to China, and a Russian leasehold surrender including Port Arthur and Dalny. It notes Russian concessions, fishing rights, and prisoner maintenance payments, framing Japan as victor with magnanimity.
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M. Witte
Russia
Japan
Komura
Portsmouth
Manchuria
Corea
Asia
China
Harbin
Port Arthur
Liaotung Peninsula
Dalny
Sakhalin Island
Vladivostok
Siberian
Nifty Nat Fights Bear in Snowbound Stand
Synopsis of past chapters shows Nifty Nat seeking vengeance after his wife and child are killed. He traps Indians, is captured, then escapes a grizzly attack. He kills the bear in a brutal duel, rides away, and notes the three feet of snow turning to a sunny day. Plus quirky jokes and a cartoon caption section.
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Nat
Roosevelt credited for leading Japan Russia peace effort
The article lauds President Theodore Roosevelt for initiating and driving the Portsmouth peace, crediting his decisive temperament and push for hospitality and mediation. It argues his actions prevented a breakdown and secured the conference, noting wide European recognition of his fair dealing and common sense in international matters.
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Roosevelt
Japan
Russia
Republic
Theodore Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Portsmouth
Europe
Phelps Stokes Dog Follows Owner to Church Like Marys Lamb
In Greenwich on August 30 Mrs I N Phelps Stokes New York attended Calvary Church with her spaniel Tony following her into the building as she walked the aisles. The dog wandered unnoticed until caught and given a lesson, expected to deter future church visits.
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Greenwich
Conn
Mary
Tony
I. N. Phelps Stokes
New York
Calvary Church
Willis Pardons Petition Referred For Report
The petition of 150 percent Taunton citizens for the pardon of Everett P. Willis, who has served eight years of a state prison sentence, was referred by the Governor's council to the prison commissioners for a report. Willis, then 17, led two revolvers to his cell and attempted escape. Herbert Willis was fatally wounded, and guards were injured in the ensuing clash.
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Taunton
Everett P. Willis
Willis
Mugeg
Tovbert
Herbert Willis
Lo Everett Willis
Doubtless M ere Envy
Jimmy Knuckles praises the tour and the strong fights described in the papers as the singer returns home after performances. He notes the press says he fought hard in every place.
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Kid Brass
Jimmy
Jimmy Knuckles
The Man Behind the Hedge and the Church Door
A hunted fugitive hides beneath a hedge near a chapel while pursuit passes. He contemplates Liberty and recalls a harsh sentence, longs for renewal, and falls asleep amid fatigue and hunger as two watchers deem his fate sealed.
Filipinos Not Fit for Liberty Debate in Manila
Manila August 30 A conference with independence agitators reveals a consensus among attending Congressmen that Filipinos are not ready for immediate independence. The session notes the general view that self rule should be delayed.
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Manila
Philippine Islands
Debutante season and society notes on the north shore
The north shore social week features a large Essex Club dance and numerous dinners with guests. Miss Eleonora Sears attends Mrs Vanderbilt's Breakers debutante ball in Newport, while others sport fashionable outfits. Notables like the Rusts, Mrs Patterson, and golf figures Windeler and Leeds appear at various retreats, with health concerns and travels shaping summer plans.
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North Shore
Essex County Club
Oe Ainner
Sears
Newport Casino
Thomas Pierce
Francis Gray
Philip Lydig
Valenciennes
Mt. Washington
Bretton Woods
N. H
Nathaniel J. Rust
Commonwealth Avenue
Miss Rust
Edgar Rust
Joseph Medill Patterson
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Richard T. Crane
Crane
G. Harbert Windeler
Herbert Leeds
Boston
Massachusetts Golf Association
Garden City
New York
Philadelphia
Amory Lawrence
Bemis Camp
Rangeley Lakes
Poland
Lawrence
Gertrude Rice
Lawrences
Arthur Norris Milliken
Otis Place
Cohasset
Saratoga
Westwood
Aughters
Love and Sentiment Advice From Miss Champagne
A 17 year old girl asks if a 22 year old loves her while courting another. The response urges backing his plans to meet the other girl to wound his vanity or cut ties if affection isn’t real, advising dignity and ladylike action.
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Miss Champagne
Blue Bell
Advice to a Heartbroken 18-Year-Old Girl
A reader asks how to win back a light complexion boyfriend and whether two people of similar skin tone can be compatible. The columnist urges clear communication, writing to ask why the relationship faded and to show genuine affection without appearing to chase him. They note complexion alone does not determine compatibility and many same complexion couples are happy.
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Miss Champagne
Post
Johnny
Equitable Life Recommends Halting Pensions
At a New York Equitable Life directors meeting the pension committee urged stopping Mrs. Henry B Hyde's $25,000 yearly pension and disallowing Mrs. James W Alexander's proposed $18,000 annual pension to start after her husband’s death. The recommendations were adopted with no director resignations.
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New York
Equitable Life Directors
Henry B. Hyde
James W. Alexander
Death of James Swords noted insurance man
James Swords a well known insurance man in this city died in Dorchester Tuesday morning after a long illness. He was honored in the Masonic ranks as past master of Faith lodge Charles Town past commander of Hugh de Payens commandery Melrose and past grand commander of the grand commandery of Knights Templars of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The funeral is set for 1 30 p m today at his home at Pearl and Pleasant streets Dorchester.
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James Swords
Dorchester
Faith Lodge
Charlestown
Hugh de Payens
K. T
Melrose
Knights Templars
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Pearl and
Pleasant Streets
Beauty Spot Prizes Spur Rivalry Among B and M Agents
Boston and Maine railroad awards spark competition among station agents for best station grounds. Lake street station on the Southern division earns praise for landscape gardener Thomas Brosnahan whose 12 years as agent enhanced the locale into a line beauty spot.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
Lake Street
Thomas Brosnahan
Cure for blindness via grated potatoes in New Jersey
Charles Mumby, a blind news agent in Bayonne, New Jersey, wears poultices of grated raw potatoes hoping to regain sight after going blind two years ago. he previously captained a Standard Oil tugboat when the blindness began.
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Bayonne
N. J
Charles Mumby
Mumby
Standard Oil
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